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'''''Blue Peter''''' was a popular [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]] children's [[television programme]].
'''''Blue Peter''''' was a popular [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]] children's [[television programme]].
== History ==
=== 20th century ===
Around the [[1970s]]{{note|See [[UNIT dating controversy]].}}, [[the Master (Terror of the Autons)|the Master]] once appeared on ''Blue Peter'', disguised as "Dr Derek Drake", a popular [[climate change|climate scientist]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Terror of the Master (audio story)|Terror of the Master]]'')


[[Ace]], who left [[Earth]] in [[1987]], wore two ''Blue Peter'' badges on [[Ace's jacket|her]] [[black]] [[bomber jacket]]: one standard blue badge and one silver. (([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'' - ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'', et. al) One of them had been awarded for heroic achievement. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'')
[[Ace]], who left [[Earth]] in [[1987]], wore two ''Blue Peter'' badges on [[Ace's jacket|her]] [[black]] [[bomber jacket]]: one standard blue badge and one silver. (([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'' - ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'', et. al) One of them had been awarded for heroic achievement. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'')
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[[Faction Paradox]] attacked the [[Blue Peter garden|''Blue Peter'' garden]] in [[1996]]. This caused a far more intense psychological reaction than any direct assault on the people's psyche. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]]'')
[[Faction Paradox]] attacked the [[Blue Peter garden|''Blue Peter'' garden]] in [[1996]]. This caused a far more intense psychological reaction than any direct assault on the people's psyche. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]]'')


=== 21st century ===
On [[6 March]] [[2006]], an [[Slitheen craft (Aliens of London)|alien ship]] crashed into the [[Thames]]. ''Blue Peter'' presenter [[Matt Baker (in-universe)|Matt Baker]] did a feature on how to make an alien ship cake. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}) Following the feature, a BBC internal memo questioned whether it was appropriate to promote the creation of "space confectionary" for children, stating that it could be seen as pandering to incoming [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Joseph Green]] — the former Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on the Monitoring of Sugar Standards in Exported Confectionary. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (novel)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'')
On [[6 March]] [[2006]], an [[Slitheen craft (Aliens of London)|alien ship]] crashed into the [[Thames]]. ''Blue Peter'' presenter [[Matt Baker (in-universe)|Matt Baker]] did a feature on how to make an alien ship cake. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}) Following the feature, a BBC internal memo questioned whether it was appropriate to promote the creation of "space confectionary" for children, stating that it could be seen as pandering to incoming [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Joseph Green]] — the former Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on the Monitoring of Sugar Standards in Exported Confectionary. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (novel)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'')


In the [[2000s]],{{note|No on screen date is given for the first two series of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', outside of ''[[The Day of the Clown (TV story)|The Day of the Clown]]'' from the [[Series 2 (SJA)|second series]] being set shortly after [[9 October]] in an undisclosed year. While [[Donna Noble]]'s present from the [[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|fourth series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is set around the same time as the [[Series 1 (SJA)|first series]] of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', and ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'' from the second series of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' is explicitly described as being set a year after ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' from the first series, ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s fourth series is [[Aliens of London dating controversy|not consistently dated]], with [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'' setting the present of the 13 regular episodes in [[2008]], and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'' setting them in about [[April]] to [[June]] [[2009]].}} [[Maria Jackson]] watched an episode in which the presenters [[Gethin Jones (in-universe)|Gethin Jones]] and [[Konnie Huq (in-universe)|Konnie Huq]] promoted the [[Bane (Invasion of the Bane)|Bane]]'s [[Bubble Shock!]] soft drink. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]'')
In the [[2000s]]{{note|No on screen date is given for the first two series of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', outside of ''[[The Day of the Clown (TV story)|The Day of the Clown]]'' from the [[Series 2 (SJA)|second series]] being set shortly after [[9 October]] in an undisclosed year. While [[Donna Noble]]'s present from the [[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|fourth series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is set around the same time as the [[Series 1 (SJA)|first series]] of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', and ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'' from the second series of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' is explicitly described as being set a year after ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' from the first series, ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s fourth series is [[Aliens of London dating controversy|not consistently dated]], with [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'' setting the present of the 13 regular episodes in [[2008]], and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'' setting them in about [[April]] to [[June]] [[2009]].}}, [[Maria Jackson]] watched an episode in which the presenters [[Gethin Jones (in-universe)|Gethin Jones]] and [[Konnie Huq (in-universe)|Konnie Huq]] promoted the [[Bane (Invasion of the Bane)|Bane]]'s [[Bubble Shock!]] soft drink. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]'')


During the time the series ''[[Surrender, Earthlings!]]'' aired on the [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]], ''Blue Peter'' did a feature on how to make a [[Xyz]] from toilet-roll holders, Blu-Tak and two boiled [[egg]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (short story)|Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life]]'')
During the time the series ''[[Surrender, Earthlings!]]'' aired on the [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]], ''Blue Peter'' did a feature on how to make a [[Xyz]] from toilet-roll holders, Blu-Tak and two boiled [[egg]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (short story)|Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life]]'')


== References ==
[[Laurence (Telling Tales)|Laurence]] recalled that the Doctor had a companion whose name was the same as a girl on ''Blue Peter''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Telling Tales (short story)|Telling Tales]]'')
[[Laurence (Telling Tales)|Laurence]] recalled that the Doctor had a companion whose name was the same as a girl on ''Blue Peter''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Telling Tales (short story)|Telling Tales]]'')


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